Trees are notoriously bare and naked during winter (some of them)! Yesterday I drove up the side of one of the mountains in Maggie Valley looking for a piece of property, and these photos illustrate the view from about half way up to ‘the top.’ We have some bare naked trees mixed in with the ever
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01/31/2009
The Haywood County NC Market Report as of 01/31/09 below includes residential real estate sales for Maggie Valley, Waynesville, Canton, Clyde and Lake Junaluska. The number of sales reported on our MLS for all of Haywood County as of January 31 is 35, and the average days on the market is 166, w
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01/31/2009
Photo from the early ’80’s of me on my Pleasure mare, Sailor Que’s Queen Working on my new horse website, Horsealicious, led to a search for some of my old horse, and horse show, photos from the 70’s and 80’s. This picture is one of my favorites. It was great showing and raising Quarter horses, a
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01/29/2009
Looking off my deck Tuesday, crows were everywhere! ©Susie Blackmon Photos Tax season unfortunately is right around the corner, and since I have had several questions posed to me very recently regarding the $7,500 First-time Homebuyer Credit, I am posting an excerpt of "Topic 611 - First-Time Hom
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01/28/2009
*** Moonshine “Popcorn” Sutton gets 18 months. Read today’s Citizen-Times story here. *** See “Popcorn” article dated January 25, 2009 here. Photos taken at dusk on Lake Junaluska, 01/26/09 PLEASE CLICK PHOTOS IF YOU WANT TO SEE LARGER VERSIONS! ©Susie Blackmon Photos Many people like to walk o
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01/27/2009
Image via CrunchBase Maggie Valley’s local mountain folk hero, [Moonshine] Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton, author of Me and My Likker, is scheduled for sentencing Monday in Greeneville, TN after pleading guilty to, among other things, charges of illegal production of distilled spirits. (See article on
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01/24/2009
There were ducks unlimited yesterday afternoon at Lake Junaluska. They were swimming in the water AND standing or sleeping on the ice of the partially frozen lake. This is an unusual sight here in Haywood County! THANK YOU Brent for calling me about the photo opportunity!! Why don’t their little
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01/24/2009
One of the Canadian Geese at Lake Junaluska Yesterday (01/23) Residential Real Estate Snapshot for January. Not much has changed since my last report on the 21st. Residential sales for the month in Haywood County total 23 as of today’s date, with an average listing price of $264,735, an average s
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01/24/2009
Whether you are in real estate as an investor, a seller, a buyer, or a dreaded realtor, you are probably wondering “What was I thinking?” or “Woe is me… I have been fattened up for the slaughter.” “Moooo! I’ve gotten a big spanking.” This too shall pass! Me? I’m working on my real estate website,
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01/22/2009
©Susie Blackmon Photos Haywood County and Western North Carolina’s weather has been in the news the past few days (see Winter storm blasts WNC!), and so has the Inauguration of President Obama. I took the photo above yesterday on Inauguration Day from my deck, which was surrounded by birds and a
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01/20/2009
